Some Steps to Quicker Turn Times

The appraisal profession is evolving at all times. Regularly, it seems, appraisers are asked to supply extra information or have steps added to their research. All to ensure the end user has the best data to be had. In order to keep up with the continuously changing requirements, PSM Appraisals, LLC is always acquiring new tools and improving processes to increase efficiency so we can do more work for more efficiently. At PSM Appraisals, LLC we know that time is important to everybody, so we've listed a few items you can do to speed up the process when you order an appraisal with PSM Appraisals, LLC.

Order your appraisals on the Internet.: When you order online, you receive automatic e-mail acknowledgements that the order was received, and fast, secure .PDF format report delivery. This tip single-handedly will save the most time! No longer do we have to re-key information from a fax, and nor will you wonder whether we received the order.
Are you providing complete and accurate data about the subject property?: Being just one number off on the street address can really add unnecessary time to an appraisal assignment. And if you have a tax parcel number, plat map number, subdivision name or anything else that uniquely identifies the property, please pass it along. We even welcome lists of recent sales from the area — remember, however, that professional appraisers must always do their own due diligence on comparable sales, and ours may differ from yours.
Be sure to let us know about the unique elements of this property.: It's relatively easy to appraise a cookie-cutter house. Most of an appraiser's time is spent analyzing how differing elements add to or detract from what otherwise would be a property's market value. When ordering your report, let us know if there are unique details of the home or surrounding area -- for example, it's recently had an addition built on, it's subject to zoning restrictions, it's prone to flooding. While these are things that we will find out on our own, knowing them as early as possible will likely make your report arrive sooner.
Are you making the occupants of the home aware of what to expect?: Confirming an appointment with the homeowner can be one of the most time consuming steps in the appraisal process. Some current homeowners are justifiably uneasy with the idea a stranger wants to come in their home, look around, and take numerous notes. Believing that it will make the house appraise for more money, some homeowners think they should make the place spotless before the appraisal inspection. And will choose to not schedule the appointment until they can get around to cleaning.

Hearing from you -- the person they are working with on their loan -- some info about the appraisal process, who we are, and especially that dusting and polishing won't make it more likely their sale will close, and can decrease the appraisal inspection time. I encourage you to point your customers to this website, where we have several pages of useful information for homeowners as well as others about the appraisal process. They can even call us if they want to meet the staff and learn more about our services. Remind them it benefits them to set the appointment without delay!
Use our website to verify your report's status.: Why are you still playing phone and fax tag when our website offers up-to-the-minute status updates available online, anytime, 24/7? As each important milestone in an assignment is completed, that information is instantly available to you online. There's no easier or faster way to keep track of the status of your report.